Leather Jackets (1992)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Lee Drysdale

Writer:

Lee Drysdale (writer)

Release Date:

18 June 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Leather Jacket | Independent Film

Cast

D.B. Sweeney	...	Mickey
Bridget Fonda	...	Claudi
Judy Trevor	...	Mrs. Little (as Judi Trevor)
Cary Elwes	...	Dobbs
James LeGros	...	Carl
Neil Giuntoli	...	Sammy
Phil Chong	...	Vietnamese Bookie
Jeff Imada	...	Hood #1
Al Goto	...	Hood #2
April Tran	...	Vietnamese Grocer
Jon Polito	...	Fat Jack
Joe Lewis	...	Barfly
Heather Haase	...	Student Girl #1 (Julie)
Mary Ella Ross	...	Student Girl #2
Michael Champion	...	Costello

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

Shot in 1990, not released until 1992.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Mickey has proposed to Claudi, and immediately before he picks her up and carries her over to the sofa, Claudi says, "It was always you," but at the same time you can tell from the movement of her lips that she is in fact saying something completely different, and a much longer sentence.

Soundtrack:

AND IT'S LOVE

Cult Movies 19

19. LEATHER JACKETS (Action, 1991) Former gang member Mickey (D. B. Sweeney) is trying to shake off his former life as a criminal. He wants to leave with and marry long time crush Claudi (Bridget Fonda), whose reputation as the town's tart she's also keen to run away from. Their ties to Dobbs (Cary Elwes), former leader of Mickey's gang, leads them back to the criminal world. On the run after a failed robbery, they flee to LA, but they soon find that crime really has no where to hide.

Critique: Low-budget, violent, ultimately bloody film shows small time crooks loyalty to be an inescapable hurdle from which no one escapes. This is the familiar ground the'Godfather' films and many others since have covered. Revolving around the "crime family" and their unbreakable bonds. The best part of the film is the suspense effected by the chase, not knowing who will live or die.

What I also enjoyed about the film is Cary Elwes' Dobbs character. A guy who's a born loser with a 'don't give a f***attitude' that puts him in line with many of the cinema's antiheroes. But as it's always the case a tough exterior hides a sensitive, inner-turmoil.

Film has a brutal; depressing ending that has made it a definite sleeper.

QUOTE: Claudi: "You know you could've really been something Dobbs, you really could've. I mean I don't understand how you turned into such a small piece of s***."